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Strong's G1670 · Greek

ἑλκύω ἕλκω

helkuo

or helko hel'-ko; probably akin to 138; to drag (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἕλκω (G1670)

8 ἕλκω (Hellenistic form ἑλκύω in Jo, ll. c., Ac 16:19 ), [in LXX for מָשַׁךְ , etc. ;] to draw : c. acc rei, Jo 18:10 21:6 ; c. acc pers., seq. ἔξω , Ac 21:30 ; εἰς , Ac 16:19 , Ja 2:6 . Metaph., to draw, lead, impel : Jo 6:44 12:32 . (For discussion of ἕ. in Oxyrh. Log. , v. Deiss., LAE , 437 ff.)†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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